Iodine and the Brain pp 259-268 | Cite as
Neuropsychological Studies in Iodine Deficiency Areas in China
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There are two types of cretin in China. The major type is neurological and the minor type is myxedematous. Neuropsychological findings such as mental retardation, deaf-mutism and neuromuscular abnormalities are more prominent among the neurological cretins and mild among myxedematous cretins. The difference is both quantitative and qualitative. The neuropsychological difference between the two types has been compared not only in different endemias, but also in the two types of patients in the same endemia.
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Mental Retardation School Child Iodine Deficiency Vestibular Function Endemic Goiter
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